Issued:: 2018-04-10
Updated:: 2018-04-10

RHBA-2018:0698 - Bug Fix Advisory

Overview
Updated Packages

Synopsis

rng-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for rng-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The rng-tools packages contain random number generator user-space utilities, such as the rngd daemon.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of rng-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

BZ - 1464200 - rngd: "read error" warning when attempting to access nonexistent device

CVEs

(none)

References

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/index.html

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
s390x
rng-tools-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: da77f9d7e9f7c2a35dcc61b9e019716282f5404b7ba262ce90a596c905b5a1a4
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ccc03a28462f8f5092debbd3b2941255372dc43ef569d36ba3eead538ea40e30

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
s390x
rng-tools-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: da77f9d7e9f7c2a35dcc61b9e019716282f5404b7ba262ce90a596c905b5a1a4
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ccc03a28462f8f5092debbd3b2941255372dc43ef569d36ba3eead538ea40e30

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
s390x
rng-tools-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: da77f9d7e9f7c2a35dcc61b9e019716282f5404b7ba262ce90a596c905b5a1a4
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ccc03a28462f8f5092debbd3b2941255372dc43ef569d36ba3eead538ea40e30

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c3b0fd7c76c7676b9a503e1a58ff2681c95d462accd367bf3ebfa37b9f177a6a
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 4f315f340a54b7661535304e541d6d9da89e90c6e5dfa8b5b111695f0caa1aa5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c3b0fd7c76c7676b9a503e1a58ff2681c95d462accd367bf3ebfa37b9f177a6a
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 4f315f340a54b7661535304e541d6d9da89e90c6e5dfa8b5b111695f0caa1aa5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c3b0fd7c76c7676b9a503e1a58ff2681c95d462accd367bf3ebfa37b9f177a6a
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 4f315f340a54b7661535304e541d6d9da89e90c6e5dfa8b5b111695f0caa1aa5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
s390x
rng-tools-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: da77f9d7e9f7c2a35dcc61b9e019716282f5404b7ba262ce90a596c905b5a1a4
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ccc03a28462f8f5092debbd3b2941255372dc43ef569d36ba3eead538ea40e30

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
aarch64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 4d4e010a9f8eac841a01c43034ee80f47ec2231a13e90d108f07615e30f0ccfb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 2580f93525d3b07996473bec5711f5046cb2caf2b7ac44fcccad82383894987c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
x86_64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0ce9b52c2fa6c20cc258651a3766de323304ba0ce8009154501fcaa49f6c59cb
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f7209fa094e83bdc77d4f85f88f978406f291db1501e60c33ed11cc5e2fee4f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
s390x
rng-tools-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: da77f9d7e9f7c2a35dcc61b9e019716282f5404b7ba262ce90a596c905b5a1a4
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: ccc03a28462f8f5092debbd3b2941255372dc43ef569d36ba3eead538ea40e30

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c3b0fd7c76c7676b9a503e1a58ff2681c95d462accd367bf3ebfa37b9f177a6a
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 4f315f340a54b7661535304e541d6d9da89e90c6e5dfa8b5b111695f0caa1aa5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rng-tools-5-13.el7.src.rpm	SHA-256: e66045f8435a882f74980b3a3dc4d963361b4d024c3ef295f9687c0e481dc131
ppc64le
rng-tools-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: dbb327e9c8881db777569ff697638c2f2b28686c1c46246e25e9b9d1a4d23c6b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-13.el7.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: a2cc3ba386f6a91c740a8d27d0fa7607ed92754614abc39de8ea95921d3066ed

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